Whatever they are, just remember, they began with 200 young women getting up, walking out, and chanting, Enough is enough. Ya basta!

And now, ten days later, Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir is described as ‘defiant.’ That’s quite a statement, when the head of State, with all his armed forces and ‘informal’ security forces is mighty enough to stand up, defiant, against women and girls who, as happened in Bahri last Thursday, have gone to the intersections of town, opened up folding chairs, sat down, and chanted for lower prices, more dignity, and a better government. Defiant, indeed.